Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 21:11:15 +0200 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> To: Graham Guttocks <graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz> Cc: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help disabling write caching upon bootup Message-ID: <20001023211115.A8861@curry.mchp.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <20001023185755.62084.qmail@web10302.mail.yahoo.com>; from graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz on Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 07:57:55AM %2B1300 References: <20001023185755.62084.qmail@web10302.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 24-Oct-2000 at 07:57:55 +1300, Graham Guttocks wrote: > Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> wrote: > > > I see. For my Asus P2B-LS the bios update included a SCSI bios version > > (2.20) that got the feature. Maybe you should look on the motherboards > > manufacturers website if they got something newer.. > > Before I look into that option, why is it preferred to disable the > write caching through the SCSI bios rather than in FreeBSD? Well, I thought you had problems doing it in a way the drive doesn't forget it. When the SCSI BIOS does it, it does it on every boot before FreeBSD is loaded. -Andre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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